Pussy Riot member's request to open case against prison administration dismissedInvestigators have dismissed again a request filed by convicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova to initiate a case against the administration of the Mordovian colony where she served her sentence for absence of a crime in the officials' acts10:35 29.11.2013
Fourteen convicts released under economic crime amnesty in RussiaFourteen convicts have been released in Russia in the past week in accordance with an economic crime amnesty passed in Russia about five months ago, according to the website of the Federal Penitentiary Service.16:31 26.11.2013
Extremist ideas surge in Russian prisons - officialThe number of prisoners spreading extremist ideas in Russian jails has increased by 40 percent since last year, a penitentiary service official said Thursday.16:02 21.11.2013
Officials conclude that Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova did not work overtimeConvicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has not worked overtime in the Mordovian colony, according to a statement released by Russia's Ministry of Labour and Social Protection via the Presidential Council for Human Rights.11:30 19.11.2013
Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova to be transferred to Siberian colonyPussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will be transferred to a penal colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Eastern Siberia), Tolokonnikova's husband Pyotr Verzilov told RAPSI on Tuesday.14:50 05.11.2013
Officials exceeded tracking devices budget by 1.65 billion rublesThe cost of purchase of tracking devices for the needs of Russian Federal Penitentiary Service was exceeded by 1.65 billion rubles ($5.2 million), the Audit Chamber reported Thursday.15:15 24.10.2013
Pussy Riot member's request to open case against prison official dismissedInvestigators have dismissed a request filed by convicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova to initiate a case against the deputy warden of her Mordovian colony.12:41 24.10.2013
Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova moved to another prisonConvicted Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was mover to another prison, and the defense has no information on her current whereabouts, her lawyer Irina Khrunova told RAPSI on Monday.16:38 21.10.2013
Russian prison authorities to review inmates' payRussian Federal Penitentiary Service is taking into consideration an issue over inmates' pay which has been raised recently by jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in her protest claim.16:56 09.10.2013
Investigators extend probe in Tolokonnikova's claims of threats in prisonThe Investigative Committee has extended the probe of a Mordovian prison opened after a complaint filed by jailed Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.12:40 03.10.2013
Tolokonnikova ends hunger strikePussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has put an end to her hunger strike.19:06 01.10.2013
Tolokonnikova's hunger strike is a set up - Russia's Human Rights CouncilA hunger strike declared by Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been preplanned and coordinated outside, Russia's Council for Human Rights announced on its website Tuesday.16:28 01.10.2013
Tolokonnikova's defense seeks prosecution of prison administrationLawyer Dmitry Dinze has filed a request with the Investigative Committee seeking an inspection and initiation of a case against the authorities of the prison colony where Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is currently serving out a two-year term.16:52 30.09.2013
Jailed Pussy Riot rocker on hunger strike taken to hospitalA jailed Pussy Riot rocker on hunger strike over allegedly horrendous prison conditions has been transferred from a medical ward of her penal colony to a hospital, penitentiary authorities said on Sunday.10:18 30.09.2013
Pussy Riot member Tolokonnikova's request for transfer to another colony rejectedPussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's request to transfer her to another colony has been rejected, lawyer Dmitry Dinze told RIA Novosti on Friday.15:56 27.09.2013
Mordovia's colony opposes mitigation of Tolokonnikova's sentenceThe prison colony's administration in Mordovia refused to support a motion filed by Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova to mitigate the remaining part of her sentence.11:55 27.09.2013
Around 300 released under economic crime amnesty in RussiaAround 300 convicts have been released in Russia in accordance with economic crime amnesty passed about three months ago, the Federal Penitentiary Service's press office reported Tuesday.13:55 24.09.2013
Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova put in solitaryPussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been put in solitary for the duration of inspection after the complaints about threats directed against her.11:07 24.09.2013
Over 140 convicts released under economic crime amnesty in RussiaOver 140 convicts have been released from Russian colonies in accordance with economic crime amnesty passed about two months ago.18:30 27.08.2013
'Dead' convict turns up alive in Russian prisonA convict who disappeared earlier this week and was later pronounced dead by the authorities at a prison in Russia, was discovered on Thursday “alive and unhurt,” the local penitentiary service reported.15:54 22.08.2013